So anyways, finished my (manual) install a few hours before Jarno posted the above instructions; been playing BGT ever since (when I have time). For the most part i've been kinda surprised how stable it is, aside from a couple CTDs in SoBH content I haven't had any real problems, but i'm still not into SoA/TDD content yet.

Just wanted to shoot you guys a belated thanks for the directions on BWS, as I will be following these if I have problems/need to reinstall etc.

Hoping this is a more correct order...just SCS and SCSII have been moved, and BH WM patch placed.

3) BG2 Fixpack v9.01
4) TDD v1.13 (extract WM but don't install it)
5) BGT 1.08
6) Restored Textscreen Music v7b
7) SoBH v275a
8 ) Lure of the Sirine's Call v10
9) Thalantyr Item Upgrade Mod v3.6
10) BG1NPC Project
11) BG1 UB v11
12) BGT Tweak Pack v9
13) SCS v14 ----(after BG1 content but before BG2 content mods)
14) Banter Pack v11 + IEP Extended Banter v3.2
15) BG2 UB v18
16) SCSII v13
17) BGT_Worldmap_v7.1
18) Bonehill_WM_v7 (file description says this update is required for SoBH to work properly with WMv7)

Jarno - yes I understand the basics of how the BiG World Setup works, far as I can understand it finds and downloads all the available listed mods then gives you a selection of pre set installs to choose from, or something like that. I have no desire to download the entire list of available mods...since the list of the ones i'd like to use is rather small and i've already downloaded them all.

If there's a way I can use these downloads with the BWS that would be cool, but again when it comes to computers i'm not techinally inclined, and have no experience using BWS, and have a hard time understanding some of the instructions in there (if I understand them at all).

Suffice to say i'm still a noob here.

Been a while, i'd like to try ye ol' BGT again but with TDD since i've never run through that mod.

Been reading the BiG document and various posts on the forums and it seems like you can do custom installs with BiG World Setup, but I fail at understanding when things get too techincal; may just be easier for me to install the mods myself /shrug. Will keep reading more tomorrow, but i'd like to run a possible install order past you guys.

Order follows the general specs in BiG document but there are a couple things i'm not sure on so far.

1) Clean install of BG1, TotSC, BG1 patch 5512, BG2-SoA, ToB, patch 26498
2) Add BG1 Missing Files to override folder, play each game and establish saves
------(this is currently where I am with the install)-----
3) BG2 Fixpack v9.01
4) TDD v1.13 (BiG pdf says this step requires the worldmap installed, unsure what this means since Worldmap is supposed to be installed near to the end of the whole installation?)
5) SCS v14 (BiG says install SCS after BG1 content but before BG2 content)
6) BGT 108 + Beregost crash Fixer 18b
7) Restored Textscreen Music v7b
8 ) SoBH v275a
9) Lure of the Sirine's Call v10
10) Thalantyr Item Upgrade Mod v3.6
11) BG1NPC Project
12) BG1 UB v11
13) BGT Tweak Pack v9
14) Banter Pack v11 + IEP Extended Banter v3.2
15) BG2 UB v18
16) SCSII v13
17) BGT_Worldmap_v7.1 (here I see there is a Bonehill_WM_v7 file also, not sure if I am supposed to use one or the other; tho it says in the BH readme to use the latest version of Worldmap)

I actually downloaded almost all of these files/mods before I found the BiG project and related info, so i'd rather not download the large number of (extraneous) mods involved in using the BiG World Setup. I know there are specific instructions for using the BiG project to do a custom install with these items, but in looking at the instructions well, I may be able to muddle through it, and I may not be able to.

At any rate please let me know if this is a proper order to install in please

i'll worry about the BGII(+ mods) when I get there.

A very bad idea.  Install order means a lot.  Checkout BiG World Project (BWP) v7.0.

Reason being I was just going to save my character files (at end of BG), uninstall the entire thing (more or less) and just install the BGII + components and continue on with my main characters on a fresh install (without BG1 content), at that point.  Used to do this because of all the problems associated with running the mega mods in a full BGT installation with lots of small addon mods included.  Albeit that was years ago and I haven't looked at the BWP info much.

I had lots and lots and lots of problems running the mega mods before with BGT, so im a bit hesitant to try BWP.... regardless, are you saying my install is bad and I should dump it and use BWP?

So its been a few years and i've come back to try another run through of the fabled BGT.  My current question/concern is about which order to install the last few things on my list; namely, SoBH, DSotSC, NSotSC.  Only goal atm is to play through the original BG1 + mods, i'll worry about the BGII(+ mods) when I get there.

Current order of installation:
-BG and TotSC + patch
-BGII + ToB + patch
-BG2fixpack
-BGT107
-BG1UBv7
-SirinesCall_v73_BGT
-IWDPortpack
-bg1npc_portrait_pack-v2
-bg1npc-v17
-scs-v12 (Sword Coast Strategems)

Have stopped my install at this point.  Although I would like to include both DSotSC and NSotSC along with SoBH im unsure of which order to proceed in (assuming there are no major problems thus far).  Also im unsure of how to install Bone Hill package. I have the Bonehill_v245 and v240, but the installation instructions say to install on top of the v2.10 installation, which I didn't see listed on the downloads under SoBH.  /confused

Can someone advise me here? Is the SoBH mod relatively smooth running now? I tried it years ago and had some problems...and it looks like maybe it still has some problems.

So anyways to reinterate, what would be the best way to finish my install if I still want to add DSotSC, NSotSC and SoBH?  Guessing I don't have to use the BP_BGT_Worldmap_v7_1 if I don't install these mods, especially in the case of the SC ones - I can live without them on this install, but would like to try the SoBH one.